Comparative medicine biosciences training program

描述(由申请者提供)：我们的项目为兽医提供严格的研究培训，最终在斯坦福大学获得博士学位。他们加入了生物科学领域最顶尖的研究生之家项目，得到了杰出研究人员的指导，并通过比较医学系与他们的兽医专业建立了更紧密的联系。理由是，密集的研究培训将使更多的兽医能够有效地竞争研究拨款支持，并成为独立的主要调查人员，这将满足国家的需求。我们的课程重点是癌症生物学、微生物学和免疫学以及神经科学。该项目的教职员工包括三名顾问、五名兽医导师和20名研究导师。在下一个供资周期内，请拨资金支持两名新受训人员/年，每名受训人员为期三年，每次最多可资助六名受训人员。总体而言，我们寻求培养训练有素的兽医研究人员，他们将承担领导角色，并在其领域和兽医专业中产生持续、强大的影响。 公共卫生相关性(由申请人提供)：公共卫生依赖于医学研究。大多数医学研究都使用动物。兽医在许多方面改进了医学研究，但兽医研究人员太少了。我们的计划通过培养训练有素的兽医研究人员来满足这一国家需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD degree at Stanford University. They join top-ranked graduate home programs in the biosciences, are mentored by outstanding researchers, and develop stronger ties to their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The rationale is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators, which will address a national need. Our program focuses on Cancer Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Neurosciences. Program faculty members include three advisors, five veterinary mentors, and 20 research mentors. During the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support two new trainees/year for three years each with a maximum of six funded trainees at any one time. Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinary researchers that will assume leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their field and in the veterinary profession. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): Public health depends on medical research. Most medical research uses animals. Veterinarians improve medical research in many ways, but there are too few veterinary researchers. Our program addresses this national need by producing highly trained veterinary researchers.